OS 9 + OS X (Tiger) Fonts Issues

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joner

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Hi,

I regularly work with files which contain CE, Cyrillic and other language fonts in Quark. The fonts work ok in OS 9 but don't work and don't appear in OS X (Tiger).

Does anybody know why this is happening and how I can resolve the issue?

I am using Suitcase Fusion an Intel Mac and Quark 6.5.

Is this another Mac OS 9/10 incompatibility?
 
So, you are using MacOS 9 and MacOS X on two different computers? Do you have the fonts installed properly on your Intel Mac?
 
Thanks for replying...

Without wanting to sound like a complete muppet, what do you mean by installing the fonts properly?

All I have done is grab them from my OS 9 and put them on the Intel and then load them into Suitcase Fusion.

Is there something else I should be doing?
 
what are the dot extensions to the fonts you are moving? It could be they are not in a file format that's supported in OS X on an Intel Mac.

I recommend ditching Fusion and going for the free Font Explorer here: http://www.linotype.com/fontexplorer

Make sure all your user fonts are not loaded in System/Fonts. Just keep your system fonts there. Create a different folder inside your hard drive called MY FONTS or something like that and store your fonts there. Load them from there too.
 
various file extentions...

.afm
.bmap
.truetype

Thanks for the advice, I will give it a go and get back to you.
 
Natobasso said:
Look at this list of specs: http://www.wesleyan.edu/its/media/fonts_osx.htm
Looks like only true type fonts are still supported by OS X.

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That is a total misreading of the linked webpage. Read it again. It clearly states that MacOS X supports the following font formats:

PostScript
Multiple Master
Mac TrueType
Windows TrueType
dfonts (MacOS X TrueType)
OpenType

Not listed are TrueType GX and PostScript GX, which are also supported.

The takeaway message is that MacOS X supports just about any font format that is available today.
 
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